A gold lacquer three-case inro
By Toju, 19th century
The fundame ground decorated in gold, silver and iro-e takamakie and mura-nashiji with a crane standing with wings outstretched and surrounded by three karako, one proffering a bowl filled with seeds, the reverse with another karako and an old man playing with fans as five butterflies flit around them, signed Toju with kao; with red-stained wood ojime, unsigned.
8.4cm (3½in).
The fundame ground decorated in gold, silver and iro-e takamakie and mura-nashiji with a crane standing with wings outstretched and surrounded by three karako, one proffering a bowl filled with seeds, the reverse with another karako and an old man playing with fans as five butterflies flit around them, signed Toju with kao; with red-stained wood ojime, unsigned.
8.4cm (3½in).
Sold for
£2,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 唐子と鶴図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「桃壽（花押）」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Christie's, London, 1966.
Wrangham collection, no.701.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.292, Toju, far right.
The subject depicted is a parody of the Noh play Shojo (The Elf).
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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